Welcome back, !The anthology committee has been working hard through all of 2025 to produce our next anthology of short stories about women who confront life's challenges in ways that are bold, uplifting, and risky.We are pleased to announce.....Feis...

Guess what Malin likes to talk about, ? This fall, Malin has figured out the magic of talking buttons, and we've been adding more buttons each week. Last I wrote you, he was asking for "chewy" a dozen times a day. Now that he has 18 buttons, guess wh...

It’s the ocean! Look where I am, …I’m on an artist-in-residence retreat at the Starry Night Inn for the next few days. The goal is to leave home all the housework, homeschooling, piano practices, cooking, and college applications*, and just write. I...

Which are the stories you can't help thinking about, ?When I was in junior high, the school roof collapsed in a snowstorm. My alternative school had been assigned to a decrepit elementary building years before, so overall this was a good thing—after...

... let me tell you a story. A Halloween story.It's about the first Halloween we were back in America. You see, when my older kids were little, we lived in Uganda for a while. Some of my children were born there and some were born here, but we were a...